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Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, will travel to Connecticut Thursday for one of nine stops on a nationwide tour to push for laws that protect women and families from gun violence. Giffords resigned from her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives after she was shot in the head by a gunman who opened fire in a Tucson, Ariz. supermarket parking lot in January 2011. She since has become a leading activist for gun control, and last came to the state less than a month after Newtown to meet with families and local leaders following the Dec. 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Americans for Responsible Solutions, the...

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Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, will travel to Connecticut Thursday for one of nine stops on a nationwide tour to push for laws that protect women and families from gun violence.
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From the East Coast to the West Coast and points in between the Major League Baseball postseason starting on Tuesday provides tantalizing possibilities that a regional rivalry could determine the World Series champion.From a possible "Freeway...

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The Hartford women's soccer team has put out its 2013 schedule, which features eight home games on the West Hartford campus. John Natale has built the program into an annual America East contender and enters 2013 looking to push forward and rebuild at the...

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The path to the College Football Playoff is a winding road and there are still twists and turns that need to be maneuvered before we find out who will make the final four.
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SOCHI, Russia — Team USA General Manager David Poile will not travel to Russia for the Olympic men's hockey tournament because of injuries he suffered last week when he was hit in the face by an errant puck.
Poile underwent surgery for facial...

The 2013 Fall Movie Preview is a broad snapshot of films opening through Nov. 1. Release dates and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change.
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36 Saints
Two New York City detectives hunt for a serial killer targeting 36...

The 2013 Fall Movie Preview is a broad snapshot of films opening through Nov. 1. Release dates and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change.
SEPT. 6
36 Saints
Two New York City detectives hunt for a serial killer targeting 36...

Ibragim Todashev was being interrogated in his Orlando, Fla., home by the FBI and Massachusetts police when he was killed early in the morning of May 22. Now his family and friends want an independent investigation of how Todashev, an acquaintance...

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MAZATLAN, Mexico — Mexico might seem a strange place to lose your heart.
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American Airlines promises Tracy Wilkinson a bereavement discount in the form of a refund after her grandfather dies. But now it isn't even responding to her inquiries. Why the radio silence?
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TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The Greeks started filing into church about 8 a.m., but I'm neither Greek nor churchgoing, so I spent the morning walking.
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